BdThemes plugins supply-chain hack creates rogue WordPress admins
A threat actor compromised the upstream infrastructure of BdThemes, a developer of premium WordPress web-design tools, and modified a remote JSON feed delivered to administrators’…
Month: August 2026
OpenAI Expands Daybreak Cyber with GPT-5.6 for Exploit Validation, Pentesting, and Red Teaming
OpenAI has expanded its Daybreak program to give vetted security defenders deeper access to frontier AI models, introducing two access tiers—Daybreak Blue and Daybreak Red—alongside…
GitHub Expands Dependabot Malware Alerts to Detect Malicious Packages Across 8 Ecosystems
GitHub has expanded its Dependabot malware alerts beyond npm, enabling the detection of malicious dependencies across various package ecosystems, including PyPI, Maven, RubyGems, NuGet, Go,…
Microsoft Entra ID is removing an extra MFA hurdle for Windows Hello and macOS PSSO users
Microsoft is changing how Entra ID handles MFA for people who sign in with Windows Hello for Business (WHfB) or macOS Platform Single Sign-On (PSSO).…
Edge is dropping older extensions, affecting popular privacy tools
Microsoft is beginning the retirement of Manifest V2 (MV2) extensions in Edge this month, with consumer completion targeted for the end of 2026 and managed-enterprise…
China-Linked Hackers Deploy New StormEncryptor Ransomware, Likely via N-central Flaw
Ravie LakshmananAug 10, 2026Ransomware / Cybercrime Microsoft has disclosed that Storm-1175, a financially motivated threat actor linked to China, has deployed a previously undocumented ransomware…
NAB’s long-time technology executive Patrick Wright to retire
National Australia Bank is set for a shake-up of its technology leadership with Patrick Wright set to retire after over nine years. The bank is…
Cisco Warns of High-Severity ClamAV Vulnerabilities With Public PoC
Cisco on Friday warned that its Secure Endpoint Connector products on Windows, macOS, and Linux are affected by seven ClamAV vulnerabilities that could lead to…
Gym Booking Task Turns Into Real-World AI Cyberattack
Gym Booking Task Turns Into Real-World AI Cyberattack Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2026 An AI agent hacked a gym booking system while trying to help…
The FTC wants to regulate AI for ideological bias
The Federal Trade Commission wants to start regulating ideological bias in AI systems and assert federal control over state laws. They’re getting an earful from…
South Australia launches Royal Commission into artificial intelligence
South Australia will establish a Royal Commission into artificial intelligence, with Premier Peter Malinauskas positioning the inquiry as a major examination of how the rapidly…
7 key trends defining the cybersecurity market today
Prompt Security has built an AI security startup map that covers 367 companies. The breakdown, with companies potentially appearing multiple times, looks like this: AI…